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Kensington street tops expensive homes list
07 February, 2011From the BBC news website:
“Victoria Road in Kensington, west London, has been named as the most expensive for property in England and Wales by website Mouseprice.com. The average property on the street had an estimated value of £6.4m. Victoria Road has climbed from 10th place in the ranking a year ago to the top of the list, courtesy of one property being sold for £11m in 2010.”
The property in question was designed by Studio Indigo – view it here
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A new addition
09 August, 2011Tyche took some time off running her projects in Kensington to have a baby.
Baby Peyton van Niekerk was born on 08/13/11 20:13 and weighed 8 lb 3 oz and 52.0 cm.
Congratulations to Tyche and Morne!
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Pre Planning Consultation Success – Pool in a Grade II listed house
08 September, 2011Studio Indigo had a successful pre application consultation with the local Conservation Officer on this project.
Won in a limited competition, planning restrictions on the site called for innovative thinking, resulting in an elegant solution where the pool has been sunken into an existing walled garden and covered by a green roof.
A new pavilion which uses the forms and materials of the existing buildings in a contemporary way completes the complex. After the succesful pre application advice, we are hopeful construction can start summer of 2012.
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Planning successes – Chelsea and St Johns Wood
09 September, 2011This week two projects for the same client finally received planning consent. In RBKC Studio Indigo made a successful application to raise the roof height on a detached house in Carlyle Square, allowing for an additional floor to be created from the original cramped attic rooms.
Meanwhile consent also came through from Westminster council for refurbishment and new basement to a Grade II listed house in St Johns Wood.
Both projects are now well into documentation with start on site anticipated to be spring 2012.
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Planning Appeal approval - Kensington
07 October, 2011Studio Indigo was commissioned to gain planning approval for a lower ground floor playroom extension and a second floor dining room extension to this distinctive corner terrace located in RBKC.
From the outset it was decided to split the application into two components to minimise the chance of either alteration impeding the approval of the other.
The lower ground extension was straightforward and approval was granted in April 2011, allowing refurbishment works to begin on site.
The second floor was far more controversial and after nearly a year of negotiations and refusals we won our appeal and works have started on the second half of the project. The property is due for completion in early 2012.